bitterman Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I am thinking of kegging my home brew, but dont know where to start, is it easy to get kegs, regulator etc., do you have to age beer in kegs before drinking, are there any useful books or websites that you know of to help me out, I am keen to take the next step just need a little push, any help would be good. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Kegging is a great way to not have to bottle. Kegs, regs, lines, gas etc can be got from any good HBS. You don't have to age beer in kegs if you are force carbonating them, if you have cold conditioned your brew then it can go from the fermenter to the tap in an hour or so. Try the Kegging section of the Homebrew and Beer forum for some good tips. Cheers, Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Yep, there are a number of us on this forum who keg. I secondary ferment my kegs (in the same way as the Coopers kegged commercial ales). But each to their own. Do a search in this forum on "keg" or "kegging" and you should come up with heaps of ineresting posts to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Get your regulator, taps, lines, connectors etc. from eBay. Cheapest gear going around. I also naturally condition the keg and have found a great website for calculating sugar amounts to use. http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html Just remember to use an online conversion website to convert gallons to litres etc. :wink: Cheers, Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieran Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 I force carbonate, because some of the beers I want, I want them clear. So I use clarifiers to remove any chill haze, and any non-flocculant yeast that are still in solution. After this, I transfer to a serving keg, and force carbonate. The first couple of schooners/pots aren't full of yeast sediment this way, at least, and I have a nice clean beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody1525228571 Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Thanks for all the info guys, you've finally enlightened me to give kegging a go, just put to bed two batches of pale ale one of which I intend to naturally condition and age a bit and the other I'll force carbonate in the keg so I can enjoy straight away (almost) thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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